Bring it on, Friars! IGT 8/17/26, Padres @ Mets

[Frayed Knot]

The hot Mets [9 - 3] welcome the ever hotter Padres [ 17 - 5] for a three game series Monday (7:10) Tuesday (7:10) and Wednesday (1:10)

The Pads started Sunday in a three-way dead heat with Philly and Arizona for the 2nd & 3rd WC slots. Disappointments early on (were below .500 as recently as late July) their high-priced but underachieving offensive talent has mostly caught fire lately [Tatis, Merrill, Machado] and they added hurlers Robbie Ray and Casey Mize (from the Giants and Tigers respectively) to their staff. We'll see Ray on Tuesday but will miss Mize.

Ex-Dodger Walker Buehler [7 - 5; 4.88; 1.43] gets the start Monday against Nolan McLean. The game plan is simple: avoid seeing super-closer Mason Miller

[The Hot Corner]

Mason Miller last pitched one inning of relief on August 12th, so he is well rested.  Hopefully, the only way the Mets see Miller is if he just needs to get some work in with the Mets already leading. 

[Edgy MD]

Hearing the name of Mason Miller always puts me in mind of the nutty 19th Century New England Baptist preacher and active Mason, William Miller.

Mason Miller always looked like he was holding in a Masonic fart.

[Brock Beauchamp]

	WED	THU	FRI	SAT	SUN	TOT
Nate Lavender	0	0	3	0	7	10
Kodai Senga	0	0	14	0	11	25
Jonathan Pintaro	0	0	24	0	0	24
Jefry Yan	7	0	0	22	0	29
Jack Weisenburger	15	0	0	0	0	15
Dedniel Núñez	11	0	0	11	0	22
Daniel Duarte	0	0	17	0	11	28
Chayce McDermott	0	0	0	0	0	0

 

[Edgy MD]

The Friars dragged their sandals posting tonight's lineup, but it looks like they are ready to go.

Orbdealer

Walker Buehler RHP 7-5, 4.88 ERA, 100 SO

Lineup

1. Fernando Tatis Jr. (R) RF
2. Jake Cronenworth (L) 2B
3. Manny Machado (R) 3B
4. Ty France (R) 1B
5. Jackson Merrill (L) CF
6. Luis Campusano (R) C
7. Gavin Sheets (L) DH
8. Xander Bogaerts (R) SS
9. Luis Rengifo (S) LF

Sphereprojector

Nolan McLean RHP 8-8, 3.42 ERA, 159 SO

Lineup

1. A.J. Ewing (L) LF
2. Francisco Lindor (S) SS
3. Bo Bichette (R) 3B
4. Carson Benge (L) RF
5. Luis Robert Jr. (R) CF
6. Jared Young (L) 1B
7. Marcus Semien (R) 2B
8. Jorge Polanco (S) DH
9. Francisco Alvarez (R) C

[Centerfield]

I should be able to watch a few innings of this game tonight. Looking forward to it. 

[ashie62]

The Padres are playing well but so are the Mets

McLean should be better than Buehler but...

[ashie62]

My best math says the Mets are 11 games behind the Padres and one other team for Wild Card 3

Sweep!!!

[ashie62]

Benge with his 8th OF assist

[ashie62]

And his 9TH

[Frayed Knot]

Start spreading the news!!!

[Frayed Knot]

Good news: We're winning

Not so good: McLean has faced seven hitters and retired one of them - and that one caught him more than the other way around

[Edgy MD]

That looked like a popup behind the shortstop off the bat of Tatis.

[Frayed Knot]

Six Padre outs so far, FOUR OF THEM at the plate!!!

Not sure that was in the game plan of either team

[ashie62]

Ewing OF assist 

Bailing McLean out, wow 😳 

[Frayed Knot]

Eleven Padre batters, nine have reached base*, but just one run**.

 

* Line-out - Single - Single - Single (9 - 2) - Single (9 - 2) / BB - HBP - BB - FC (1 - 2) - Sac Fly - Single (7 - 2)

**  and if McLean had made a better throw he'd still have a shutout going

[Lefty Specialist]

Pleeeeeeeeease sit Jorge Polanco down.  He's hopeless.

[Edgy MD]

Lindor could've scored on that swinging bunt.  He can follow the thirdbaseman down the line and the shortstop wasn't in position to sneak in behind him because he was playing up the middle against Benji.

[Edgy MD]

It really takes an effort for the Padres to only have one run.

[Edgy MD]

Wilford Brimley is down to his last batter here in the top of the fifth.

[ashie62]

You would think

[Edgy MD]

I'm always surprised to see Pintaro warming up in close games.  He feels like the last guy in the pen to me.

Big benchpressy chest, though.

[Edgy MD]

He may complete six.

Sack-up show.

[Edgy MD]

[Edgy MD]

Let's get Nolie a little bit of a pad.

[Centerfield]

Part of the reason I always think it’s a good idea to sign Walker Buehler is that he pitches well every time I see him. 
 

And must suck all other times. 

[Edgy MD]

Raul seemed to get caught between languages.

[Centerfield]

He couldn’t have come across more likeable. 

[Edgy MD]

Pintaresque!

[Edgy MD]